getTable

Get the table or view with the specified name. This table can be a temporary view or a table/view. This throws an AnalysisException when no Table can be found.

Syntax

getTable(tableName: str)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
tableName	str	Name of the table to get. Can be qualified with catalog name.

Returns

Table

The table found by the name.

Examples

Python

_ = spark.sql("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tbl1")
_ = spark.sql("CREATE TABLE tbl1 (name STRING, age INT) USING parquet")
spark.catalog.getTable("tbl1")
# Table(name='tbl1', catalog='spark_catalog', namespace=['default'], ...

# Using the fully qualified name with the catalog name.
spark.catalog.getTable("default.tbl1")
# Table(name='tbl1', catalog='spark_catalog', namespace=['default'], ...
spark.catalog.getTable("spark_catalog.default.tbl1")
# Table(name='tbl1', catalog='spark_catalog', namespace=['default'], ...
_ = spark.sql("DROP TABLE tbl1")

# Throw an analysis exception when the table does not exist.
spark.catalog.getTable("tbl1")
# Traceback (most recent call last):
#     ...
# AnalysisException: ...